Here and now, it is just me! What you believe and what you see, but the answer always will be different.

Agenda Arts and Craft have invited the two artists Joar Nango and Jorge Manilla to talk about their artistic practice. Both artists work with their historical and cultural background, respectively Mexico and Sàpmi, and both artists collect and investigate forms of representation that has been imposed on groups in their society. Joar Nango was initially trained as an architect, and his work incorperate investigations of traditions and experiences from his sami background in Northern Norway, characterized by flexibility pragmatism and adaptation to nature. He addresses indigenous identity and decolonialization, looking at these topics not in isolation but as an expression of the ongoing dynamics between the so-called cultural centre and its peripheries. Joar Nango is presented at the annual Festival Exhibition at Bergen Kunsthall this year. As a part the exhibition he is showing his library of books about the history of Sapmi as well as a series of re-appropriated historical images from the 1700s. Also Jorge Manilla does research on historical and cultural images where the indigenous expression is appropriated and mixed with other tendencies in the Mexican society, like religion and popular culture. As an internationally acclaimed artist in the jewelery field, with current base living between Gent, Belgium and Oslo, Norway, he is concerned with topics like the body, culture, rituals, death and resurrection- and the psychological and mental impact this has on people. Program: 10:30 – Jorge Manilla: Here and now, it is just me! What you believe and what you see, but the answer always will be different. 11:30 – Joar Nango: Beyond chaos – situatedness as a tool in indigenous placemaking. 12:30-13:00 – Q&A